Reel.



B. H. .GEDGE & B. H. GEDGE, JR.

REEL.

- APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, I913- L162 472, Patented Nov. 30, 1915 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

- solenoid 20 and its core. 21. and the counter-weight 22 partly counter- UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

BURTON H. GEDG-E, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, AND BURTON H. GEDGE, JR., OF

CLEVELAND, OHIO.

REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 30, 1915.

Application filed February 5, 1913. Serial No. 746,255.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BURTON H. GEDGE and BURTON H. GEDGE, J r'., citizens of the United States, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, and at Cleveland, in the county of- Guyahoga and State of Ohio, respectively, have invented a new and useful Reel, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to reels, as for strips, wires, rods, and other metal memhers. Its object is to provide a magnetic reel, whereby the hooked ends ordinarily necessary for starting the winding operation may be eliminated, and automatically to set the reel in motion-at the beginning of the supply oft-he wire or strip to be wound, and automatically to stop the reel and remove it from the coil at the completion of the winding operation.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Figure 1 is a semi-diagrammatic view illustrating our invention as applied in con-' nection with a rolling mill; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the reel, substantially on the line 22 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The rolling mill 10 operates on the strip or wire 11, hereillustrated as a strip, to form it as desired, this strip as it passes from'the rolling mill being turned up on edge to pass into a slotted guide 12, from which it passes around the post 13 to the reel'14. This reelis hung from the lower endof a shaft 15 rotatably mounted in a frame 16, the upper end of such shaft being connected by a swivel 17 and a link 18 to a lever 19, which may be operated to raise the reel by'suitable means, here shown as a The core 21 balancethe weightiof the reel-.14, so that when the solenoid isenergized the reel 14 is lifted toth'e dotted lineposition while when it is denergized the reel :drops to the fullvline position preferably. of non-magnetic material, projecting v. ipward from near. the center ,of

f v offleleetro-magnet windings 32:, are arranged around the periphery of the :tube 31, and

ext nd I adi l 1 *FQWarsl.. heref eml i of the shaft 15 and the'reel.

windings conveniently being so connected that alternate poles have their outer ends of opposite polarity. These windings are inter-connected in any suitable manner, and are energized through wires 33 leading upward axially through the shaft 15 to slip rings 34 around the edges of which slidingly fit brushes 35 vertically slidable in the frame 16 so as to remain always in contact with the slip rings whatever the position Within each winding 32 is slidably mounted a core 36, to the outer end of which is fixed a circular cylindrical segment 37 of which the lower edge isconically beveled internally at 38,

both the cores and the segments being of ,axially within the windings 32, being drawn inwardly by springs 39 and by the solenoid action of the windings, and being guided in their movements by a ring 40 of non-magnetic material through which the cores 36 and bolts 41 on the circumferential ends of the segments 37 project. The bolts 41 are preferably provided with nuts 42 on their inner ends, for limiting the outward movement of the cores and segments.

Beneath the reel is a driving plate 43 having the upper part of its periphery conically beveled at 44 to correspond to the beveled portions 38 of the segments 37 so that when the reel 14 is dropped upon the driving plate the beveled portions ,44 and 38 cooperate to force thesegments 37 and cores 36 outwardly to the dotted. line position shown in Fig. 3. The driving plate 43 is mounted on the upper end of a vertical driving shaft 45 in alinement with the shaft'.15,

such driving shaft 45.being suitably rotated from ,any convenient source of 1 power, as througha belt 46 and a worm gearing 47 Suitably mounted above the guide*-.12,is a The reel 14 comprises ,agbase-plate30 .3

, by screws 51.- Mountedon thefbar- .50 are three switches ,52,153,,and54 respectively,,,

which switches are biased'by springs, .55 to closed, open, and closed'positio'ns respectively and-are provided withoperating"arms 56, 57,. jand58 which depend; intothe slot into 1 the gui e 2 s idingly a gage: the op. f

.switchecarrying bar-50, vertically adjustable the strip 11 so as to move their respective associated switches to open, closed and open positions when such guide is occupied by the strip. The switches 52 and 54 are connected in series in the circuit 59 of the solenoid 20, and the switch 53 is connected in a circuit 60 leading through the brushes 35,

slip rings 34, and wires 33 to the windings 32 of the reel, the two circuits being supplied in common through a switch 61 from a suitable source of electro-motive force 62.

Assume that the strip 11 is'about to be supplied through the rolling mill 10, the slot in the guide 12 being empty. As a re sult of the emptiness of the guide 12, the switch 53' is open and the switches 52 and 54 are closed. If the switch 61 is closed at this time, as it is continuously during winding operations, the solenoid 20 will be energized by reason of the closed position occupied by the switches 52 and 54, and in consequence the reel 14 will be in its raised position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The winding of the reel is denergized at this time, because the switch 53 is open. As the strip 11 is now supplied through the rolling mill 10 and feeds into the guide 12, its upper edge successively engages the depending arms 56, 57, and 58, moving them from their dotted line to their full line positions. This movement of the arm 56 opens the switch 52 to break the circuit 59, thereby denergizing the solenoid. 20 and causing the reel 14 to drop from its dotted line to its full line position. The dropping of the reel causes segments 37 to be forced outward by the engagement of the beveled portions 38 and 44. The movement of the arm 57 closes the switch 53 to complete the circuit 60. This causes the energization of the windings 32 of the reel 14, so that the magnetic pull of such windings assist the springs 39 to pull the cores 3,6 inward. The plate 43 already.

being in rotation, driven from the belt 46, the engagement of the lower edges of the segments 37 with such plate, at least after the energization of the winding 32, caused the reel to rotate with the plate. The movement of the arm 58 opens the switch 54, but this produces no effect at this time.

After passing the three arms 56, 57, and

- 58, the strip 11 now passes into contact with the reel' where it is grasped by the magnetic attraction due to the windings 32 and is carried around with the reel, being guided by the post'13. This winding action continues, and forms a continually growing coil-of the strip 11 while'the supply of the latter continues. As the rear end of the strip 11 passes from the rolling mill 10 and the guide 12, it first releases the arm 56 to allow the closing of the switch 52, but this produces no effect at this time. It next releases the arm 57 to cause the opening of the switch 53, thereby deenergizing the windings 32 and thus maging of the switch 54, which now completes the circuit 59. This causes the energization of the solenoid 20, which draws down its core 21 to lift the reel 14 from its full line to its dotted line position, or out of the coil wound upon it, the spring 39 drawing the segments inward as the reel is raised and thus facilitating its removal from the coil. The completed coil may now be taken away, and'a second length of strip 11 fed to and through the rolling mill 10, which may be the last of a series of rolls, whereupon the action above described is repeated.

The switches52, 53, and 54 are located as they are so as to cause the energization of the solenoid 20 only when one length of the strip 11 has passed completely out of the guide 12 and before another length of such strip has been supplied thereto, and to energize the windings 32 immediately after the reel has been dropped to its full line position and to denergize it immediately before it is raised to its dotted line position. The screws 51 provide means for adjusting the switch bar 50 and the switches 52, 53, and

54 vertically according to the Width of the strip 11 being wound.

We claim as our invention:

1. In combination, a magnetic reel for Winding material, and means controlled by the passage of such material to the reel for. controlling the energization thereof and the movement thereof into and from position to receive the material;

trolled by the passage of said material through said guide, and electro-magnetic means controlled by said switch for. controlling the movement of said reel either into and out of place to receive such material from said guide.

4. In combination, a reel, having a vertical aXis and an unobstructed end, and an electro-magnetic windingmounted in said reel for making itsperiphery magnetic so that it will grip magnetically any proper material supplied to it.

5. In combination, a reel rotatable about a vertical axis, a platform associated with said reel and toward and from which said reel may be axially shifted to leave the reeled material upon said platform free from the reel, and means controlled by the supply of material to said reel for causing said reel to be shifted axially.

V 6. In combination, a reel rotatable about and movable along an axis, a rotary driving member into and out of clutching engagement with which the reel is moved when moved along its axis, and means independent of the clutch for supporting said reel for movement along its'axis toward and from the clutch whereby the reeled material may be withdrawn laterally from between the reel "and clutch.

7. In combination, a reel, the periphery of "said reel being composed of a plurality of radially movable segments, electro-magnetic windings for drawing said segments radially inward, and means for forcing said segments outward.

8. In combination, a reel, the periphery of said reel being composed of a plurality of radially movable segments, electro-magnetic windings for drawing said segments radially inward, and a co-axial rotary driving'plate, said driving plate and said reel being relatively'movable axially to produce engagement and disengagement between the driving plate and the peripheral segments of the reel.

9. In combination, a reel, the periphery of said reel being composed of a plurality of radially movable segments, electro-magnetic windings for drawing said segments inward, a rotary driving plate, said driving plate and said reel being relatively movable axially to produce engagement and disen-' I gagement between the driving plate and the peripheral segments of the reel, and means controlled by the supply of material to said reel for controlling saidrelative axial movement.

10.-In combination, a reel, the periphery I of said reel being composed of a plurality of radially movable segments, electromagnetic windings-for drawing said segments radially inward, a rotary driving plate, said driving plate and said reel being relatively movable axially to produce engagement and dlsengagement between the driving plate and the peripheral segments of the reel, and

means controlled by the supply of material to said reelfor controlling the energization of said windings: v

11. In combination, a reel, the periphery of said reel being composed ofv a plurality of radially movable segments, electro-magnetic windings for drawing said segments radially inward, a rotary driving plate with the edge of which the peripheral segments of the reel may be made to engage, and

springs assisting said windings to draw said segments radially inward.

12. In combination, a reel, the periphery of said reel-being composed of a plurality of radially movable segments, electro-magnetic windings for drawing said segments 7}) radially inward, a rotary driving plate with the edge of which the peripheral segments of the reel may be made to engage."

.. 13. In combination, a reel, theperiphery of said reel being composed of a plurality of radially movable segments for drawing said segments radially inward, and means for forcing said segments outward.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set -our hands at'Indianapolis, Indiana, this 29th day of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and at Cleveland, Ohio, this 31st day of January, A. D.

one thousand nine hundred and thirteen,

respectively.

. BURTON H. GEDGE.

BURTON, H. GEDGE, JR. 

